The star went into hiding throughout the process, to keep her transformation under wraps, and her daughter Honey Boo Boo told People: "It's been really hard for her, because my mama is not just a person who can stay in the house."

Following the op, she began suffering with crippling pains and was left unable to even sip water.

She said at the time: “I’m feeling every bit of the pain today.

“I’m very, very sore - very agitated.”

But it was just the start of her gruelling journey, as after losing the astonishing weight, June was then left with a lot of excess skin she needed to have removed.

And it certainly didn't come without its risks, as another past clip showed the surgeon saying: “This is an extreme case of excess skin so we’re going to have to spend a little extra time liposuctioning her arms, but we run the risk of real complications.”

The op eventually took five hours, leaving June's family terrified for her.

She told cameras: “It makes me feel really good to show other people this is what I’ve always thought of myself and that my inside hadn’t changed, like my giving and outgoing and loving personality that was there when I was there.